McGruder Wellness Initiative, LLC

McGruder Wellness Initiative, LLC A proactive approach to wellness with an emphasis on community education, counseling, and coaching.

From the Desk of McGruder Wellness InitiativePersonal growth is powerful. Healing is necessary and choosing to become a ...
07/23/2025

From the Desk of McGruder Wellness Initiative

Personal growth is powerful. Healing is necessary and choosing to become a better version of yourself is always worth celebrating.

But here’s the truth:
If you're making changes, even positive ones, you owe it to yourself and others to acknowledge the shift. Especially to the people who your earlier self-impacted.

Whether you meant to or not, some are still relating to the version of you that didn’t know how to show up well.

If you’re now choosing to lead with compassion, accountability, and emotional honesty, say so. Tell the people who matter. Let them witness your growth so they’re not left guessing or guarding against a version of you that no longer exists.

The people who are worth keeping close deserve to know you’ve changed, because they’re often still loving or protecting themselves from your past self.

And then… there’s the other truth:
Some people won’t, or shouldn’t, come with you.
Not everyone gets access to your healing. Some relationships were rooted in your dysfunction, and now that you’re aligned and your behaviors have changed, they won’t fit. That’s okay.

Growth means both:
Making space for repair where it’s right
&
Making peace with release where it’s necessary

Let people know who you are now.
Rebuild with those who deserve it.
And bless those you must leave behind.

Return to Wonder: Weekly ReflectionThis week, we slowed down and remembered how children experience healing, strength, g...
07/13/2025

Return to Wonder: Weekly Reflection

This week, we slowed down and remembered how children experience healing, strength, grace, and joy, without needing to be perfect, productive, or prepared.

🧸 "Every child knows how to care for something, whether it’s a teddy or a tear."
Compassion doesn’t need to be taught—it just needs space to show up.

🧱 "Children don’t multitask healing; they build it block by block."
They don’t rush their growth. They honor the process. That’s real healing.

🩰 "Before we were criticized, we were graceful just by being."
We didn’t have to earn our beauty or worth. We just were.

🪓 "Children don’t question their strength; they just get to work."
Before fear moved in, courage lived freely.

☔ "Children don’t avoid the rain; they dance in it."
They move with discomfort, not away from it.

🛴 "Every child knows momentum is magic."
Start before you feel ready. The movement itself creates the power.

💭 What did your inner child remind you of this week?

This journey isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you were before you were told you had to be anything else.

Every child knows momentum is magic.They don’t wait until it’s perfect; they push off, pick up speed, and ride the wave....
07/12/2025

Every child knows momentum is magic.
They don’t wait until it’s perfect; they push off, pick up speed, and ride the wave.

As adults, we often pause too long, question too much, or wait for the "right" moment. But momentum is built in motion. Keep going, even if it’s slow. Especially if it’s slow.

Because forward is still forward.
And magic? It’s in the momentum.

☔️ Children don’t avoid the rain—they dance in it. 💜Somewhere along the way, we started believing that storms were somet...
07/11/2025

☔️ Children don’t avoid the rain—they dance in it. 💜

Somewhere along the way, we started believing that storms were something to hide from. But kids? They jump in puddles, twirl in the downpour, and laugh through the clouds.

They remind us that joy can still exist in uncertain moments.

This is your gentle nudge:
Stop waiting for perfect conditions.
Dance anyway. 🌧💃🏽

No overthinking. No imposter syndrome. No waiting for a “perfect moment.” They see a task, believe they can do it, and s...
07/10/2025

No overthinking. No imposter syndrome. No waiting for a “perfect moment.” They see a task, believe they can do it, and start.

🔥 What would it look like to lead with that kind of quiet confidence again?
To trust that the strength already exists within you, not outside of you.

Too often, as adults, we pause to question our capacity instead of leaning into it. But maybe the strength isn’t something we earn over time. Maybe it’s something we remember.

Let this post be your permission to remember who you’ve always been.

Before we were criticized...Before we were told how to walk, how to talk, how to be...We were full of grace. Just by exi...
07/10/2025

Before we were criticized...
Before we were told how to walk, how to talk, how to be...

We were full of grace. Just by existing.

Children don’t need permission to take up space—they just do.
They don’t second-guess their joy, their presence, their rhythm.

And neither did we.
Until someone told us to be smaller.

This post is your invitation to return.
To the little version of you who danced with freedom, who didn’t have to earn approval to exist.
Let’s find our way back to her.

We often expect ourselves to rush healing, stack transformation on top of exhaustion, and still hold it all together. Bu...
07/08/2025

We often expect ourselves to rush healing, stack transformation on top of exhaustion, and still hold it all together. But children?

They heal slowly. Intuitively. Block by block.

One emotion at a time.
One truth at a time.
One safe connection at a time.

This post is a reminder:
You don’t have to be fully healed to be worthy.
You just have to keep building.

Today, choose one block. Maybe it’s rest. Maybe it’s joy. Maybe it’s telling yourself: “I’m doing enough.”

You’re not behind. You’re building. And that matters.

Before the world told us to toughen up…Before we were taught to withhold, numb, or pretend…We instinctively knew how to ...
07/07/2025

Before the world told us to toughen up…
Before we were taught to withhold, numb, or pretend…
We instinctively knew how to hold space for softness, sadness, and sweetness.

This image is your gentle reminder:

Compassion is not learned, it’s remembered.
Your tenderness is not a weakness; it’s a superpower.
And the part of you that still wants to comfort someone? That part is still whole.

Tag someone whose empathy changed your life. Or maybe... remind yourself: You still know how to care deeply and beautifully.

Weekly Reflection: A Return to WonderThis week, we journeyed through the eyes of our inner child — bold, curious, gentle...
07/06/2025

Weekly Reflection: A Return to Wonder

This week, we journeyed through the eyes of our inner child — bold, curious, gentle, and grounded.

From the quiet strength found in softness to the courage it takes to ride forward and explore unknown paths, each post was a gentle reminder:

✨ You don’t need permission to show up, just presence.
🌱 Healing happens when we quiet the noise and listen inward.
🛠️ We are all equipped with tools for survival, no matter how unfamiliar the terrain.
⚾️ Confidence isn’t about having all the answers; it’s about stepping up anyway.
🏰 What’s built in love will stand, and what washes away was never meant to stay.
🎮 Don’t fear the controls. Lean in, learn, and enjoy the process.

This campaign isn’t just about nostalgia; it’s about reclaiming the parts of ourselves we’ve buried under expectation, pain, and performance.
We’re making space to heal, feel, and rebuild, with wonder at the center.

Let’s keep showing up as the whole version of ourselves. And if you need a reminder, scroll back through the week. Your light is always worth revisiting.

You brought the sunshine. The play. The vision. The joy.And someone else tried to bring in the water, to drown your sand...
07/05/2025

You brought the sunshine. The play. The vision. The joy.

And someone else tried to bring in the water, to drown your sandcastle and dim your light. But hear me loud and clear: You are not required to keep building in places where others only bring floods.

You deserve to build with people who cup their hands to shield your castle,
not splash, just to see it fall.

Keep your light. Protect your joy. And find your people, the ones who help you build, not break.

Tag someone who protects your light like it’s their own.

You didn’t need to know how every button worked before you tried it. As a kid, you just picked it up and figured it out....
07/04/2025

You didn’t need to know how every button worked before you tried it. As a kid, you just picked it up and figured it out.

And honestly? That fearless curiosity was your superpower. You trusted that you could learn by doing.

This post from the Return to Wonder campaign is your gentle nudge:

You don’t have to wait until you feel ready.
You don’t have to get it perfect.
You just have to start playing with the controls.

Growth happens when you’re willing to explore.

What’s something you’ve been putting off until you “figure it all out”? Let this be the permission to dive in anyway.

That first bike ride? You weren’t flawless, but you moved. You trusted the wobble. You kept going.As adults, we lose tha...
07/03/2025

That first bike ride? You weren’t flawless, but you moved. You trusted the wobble. You kept going.

As adults, we lose that trust in ourselves. We wait until we’re “ready” or until the fear disappears.

But what if your next breakthrough just needs a little momentum?

This post from the Return to Wonder campaign is here to remind you:

You don’t need to be perfect to make progress. Just trust yourself to move forward.

What are you learning to trust yourself with right now?

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